In this issue

April 04, 2024

Netanyahu faces global outcry over killing ofaid workers

Israel is facing mounting international pressure to justify its conduct in Gaza as the bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a drone attack were repatriated to their families.

4 mins

Former supreme court judges add voices to calls for Israeli arms ban

Three former supreme court justices, including the former president Brenda Hale, are among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges warning that the government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel.

4 mins

Waiting List May Have 2m More Patients Than NHS Says

Almost 10 million people across England may be waiting for an NHS appointment or treatment, two million more than previously suggested, according to a survey by the Office for National Statistics .

2 mins

Royal Mail wants second-class letter delivery cut to every other weekday

The owner of Royal Mail has asked the industry regulator to let it reduce deliveries of second-class letters to just two or three days a week, cutting nearly 1,000 jobs and saving £300m a year in the process.

2 mins

'You just don't come': Doran infuriated by warnings for gore-fests like Titus Andronicus

It is a play renowned for its extreme violence, with scenes featuring execution, rape and mutilation. Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus even culminates with its eponymous Roman general feeding Tamora, the queen of the Goths, her sons “baked in a pie” before slaughtering her.

2 mins

Britain's taste for food delivery has continued post-pandemic

Delivery app riders pedalling through cities, and tailbacks at fast-food drive-throughs, were familiar signs of Britain's hunger for takeaway food at the peak of the Covid pandemic.

1 min

Aid workers Tributes and anger from families of the dead

A British aid worker who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza was \"subject to an inhumane act\", his family said yesterday.

3 mins

Analysis The IDF's rules of engagement seem looser than ever - if followed at all

The killing of seven foreign aid workers by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza has once again raised serious questions about the IDF's opaque and highly permissive rules of engagement, whether those rules are enforced, and what is its willingness to investigate breaches.

3 mins

'Deconfliction' Aid groups demand action to keep workers safe

Aid organisations working in Gaza say they are demanding that the Israeli military improve and adhere to deconfliction systems intended to keep their workers safe, after Israeli air strikes that killed all seven members of a convoy of humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK).

3 mins

'The Machine Did It Coldly' - Israel Used AI To Identify 37,000 Targets

The Israeli military's bombing campaign in Gaza has used a previously undisclosed, Al-powered database that at one stage had identified 37,000 potential targets based on their apparent links to Hamas, according to intelligence sources.

9 mins

Ad Watchdog Bans Katie Price's Instagram Video On Weight Loss

A post on Katie Price's Instagram account has been banned by the advertising regulator for irresponsibly encouraging a low-calorie diet while simultaneously failing to disclose it was an advert and making unauthorised weight loss claims.

1 min

Pregnant woman stereotyped as emotional’ wins tribunal claims

Describing a pregnant woman as \"very emotional and tearful\" in the workplace amounted to discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.

1 min

Deadline for airports to upgrade scanners extended by a year

Holidaymakers will continue to face limits on the amount of liquid they can carry on flights this summer after the government extended the deadline for airports to install new security scanners by a year.

2 mins

Tea and a tour of Balmoral Castle to cost a princely 150

Parts of Balmoral Castle used by the royal family will open to the public this summer for the first time - for those who have deep pockets.

1 min

Just 57 firms linked to 80% of fossil fuel emissions since 2016

A mere 57 oil, gas, coal and cement producers are directly linked to 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study has shown.

2 mins

Membership Numbers fall as Labour goes beyond being party of protest’

Labour has fewer members than it did under Jeremy Corbyn in part because it is willing to make compromises to prepare for government rather than being \"a party of protest\", a senior shadow minister has argued.

1 min

'UK is My Home,' Insists Sunak As He Denies Plan To Move To US

Rishi Sunak has insisted he does not want to move to the United States and that he only kept his green card for years because returning it was "not something I got round to".

3 mins

Ethiopia rises: surge in cultural interest is boosting the case for return of looted artefacts, says Sissay

An Ethiopian cultural surge - including a first national pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the rise of stars such as Ruth Negga and The Weeknd - is making the country's calls for restitution of looted colonial-era artefacts harder to ignore, according to the author Lemn Sissay.

2 mins

Counting the cost "This is the most serious damage we have seen'

In the first moments after the earthquake hit, Lanni Hsu grabbed her family and her dog and fled. Running down five flights of stairs, she headed outdoors to seek safety from falling objects.

3 mins

RussianAmerican under FBI scrutiny rescued Trump Media

Donald Trump's social media company, Trump Media, managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation.

4 mins

Suspect, 12, in Finnish shooting motivated by bullying’

A 12-year-old boy suspected of shooting and killing a classmate and wounding two girls of the same age at a school in Finland claimed he was motivated by bullying, police have said, as flags flew at half-mast across the country.

1 min

What's The Time Up There? Nasa Aims To Set Lunar Clock Ticking

The White House wants Nasa to figure out how to tell time on the moon.

2 mins

Is The Bridge Next? Outgunned Kyiv Aims At Strategic Targets Behind Russian Lines

They have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long-range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target.

3 mins

Network Rail budgets 2.8bn to cope with climate crisis

Network Rail is to spend nearly £3bn to protect against the effects of the climate crisis, as it warned that the country's railways were having to contend with hotter summers and more winter floods.

2 mins

All Billionaires Under 30 Are Born Not Made, Forbes Reveals

All of the world's billionaires younger than 30 inherited their fortunes beginning "the great wealth transfer" in which more than 1,000 billionaires will pass on more than $5.2tn to their heirs over the next two decades.

1 min

With Record Stores Of Gas, Is The Energy Crisis Over? It's Complicated

Europe is leaving behind the winter months with gas storage facilities at all-time highs, allowing wholesale prices to tumble and home energy bills to drift down towards levels last seen before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

2 mins

'Gasoline On The Fire' Is Musk's Behaviour To Blame For Tesla's Poor Performance?

For one Tesla investor, the cause of this week's underwhelming sales figures was clear: the chief executive, Elon Musk.

3 mins

Al Tools Easily Tricked Into Safety Breaches, Say Researchers

The safety features on some of the most powerful AI tools that stop them being used for cybercrime or terrorism can be bypassed simply by flooding them with examples of wrongdoing, research shows.

1 min

Against the tide Cambridge's rowing success is reward for a team culture focused on caring

While most of the Boat Race coverage discussed polluted water and the heroics of a collapsing student, another beautiful story unfolded on the murky waters of the Thames - a narrative that commentators are not used to describing and cameras cannot zoom in on.

3 mins

More Horner drama: what to look out for as F1 hits Japan

Red Bull's ongoing saga appears to be unsettling the paddock witha driver reshuffle likely tocome

4 mins

'Lots of us talk about LIV so I wanted to see what it was like'

Fleetwood explains decision to visit breakaway tour in Las Vegas which heightened speculation over his future

3 mins

'Irreplaceable' Stewart could inspire Surrey to hat-trick of titles

Director of cricket is stepping downat the end of the season will his final act bea feat not achieved in over 50 years?

4 mins

'I've been patient': Park ready to show her best for England

Manchester City midfielder has been superbin the WSL and hopes to get her chance onthe international stage

3 mins

No Haaland, no problem as Foden treble sparks City

All Manchester City can do is the same as they did tonight against Aston Villa: beat the next opponent and hope that Liverpool- and Arsenal - slip up in the remaining games of this invigorating championship race.

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